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> taking them is enough to make most of it "stick" This is the only reason I take notes on anything. The act of physically writing something down (typing works only half as well at best) sticks it into my brain. Hand-writing notes and immediately throwing them away is 10x as useful to me as just listening or reading alone.
This was my process in school when compiling cheat sheets (Spickzettel in German). It took at least two rounds condensing the information down onto such a small note. Often more. After that I didn't need them for the test. I only later understood that this was a great way to learn as a system. Extract - Condense - Extract - Condense In school it never occurred to me that I was learning. I thought I was trying to chea…
Re: Those writing extensively on note-writing rarely have a serious context of use
#61At school, I only have one notebook. I pay attention to the teacher and whenever I don’t understand something immediately, I redo the demonstration on paper. There were a few teachers that didn’t use textbooks or slides so I had to rely on friends and photos to review things later. But the real advantage is that I usually understand the subject deeper. I did well on explanation questions, not so on memorization question. But I could always guess the answer.